Mortgages

Bluestone’s sales & marketing director announces exit

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the departure of its sales & marketing director, Reece Beddall....

LiveMore issues inaugural securitisation

LiveMore has successfully priced and completed its inaugural securitisation, Exmoor Funding 2024-1. The simple,...

LendInvest Mortgages unveils 65% LTV residential remortgage

LendInvest Mortgages has announced the expansion of its residential mortgage range with the launch...

Major causes of gazumping revealed

Homebuyers are being gazumped due to lengthy property chains and delays in getting a...

Rise in broker satisfaction with lenders across all sectors

Smart Money People has published its H1 2024 Mortgage Lender Benchmark covering mortgage broker...

Mental health a rising issue for over-55s

The cost of living crisis has had a significant effect on the mental health...

Slight easing in pressure on household finances

Data analysed from millions of Barclays current accounts has revealed that spending on rent...

Gateway Surveyors reappointed as Marsden BS panel manager

Gateway Surveyors has announced that Marsden Building Society has reappointed it as its panel...

Buckinghamshire BS cuts rates across whole range

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.20 percentage points across a...

Hodge changes specialist mortgage criteria

Hodge has increased the first death stress on its 50+ product and enhanced criteria...

Mortgage Advice Bureau appoints non-executive chairman

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has appointed Mike Jones as non-executive chairman. Jones (pictured) has spent35...

Suffolk BS re-enters 95% LTV market

Suffolk Building Society has returned to the 95% loan to value (LTV) market with...

Kensington improves Professional product range

Kensington Mortgages has made changes to its Professionals product range and also launched new...

Skipton International now on Mortgage Brain platforms

Mortgage Brain has welcomed Skipton International to its Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain platforms. The...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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